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after its cutts, greece has a deficit of 11% with germany having a deficit of 5.4%. hence the need for drastic measures in britain. >> once in denmark in the early 1980's. >> one key question now is whether these measures will be enough to deliver the savings required. there are economic uncertainties as well. will growth be damaged? will the public workers be out of a job? the verdict may not be clear before then. >> full details on our web site. the french president has ordered riot police to reopen fuel depots blocked by days of strikes, determined to end the wave of strikes that have partially paralyzed the country, insisting he will press on with a plan to raise the french retirement age from 60 to 62. >> for the third day running, violence in a paris suburb, roaming the streets, searching for a confrontation. there were similar scenes in leon, where the police fought running battles with protesters. a touchstone for general grievances around the country and a pretext for protesters to join in. riot police broke up three blockades at night in the west of the cou
after its cutts, greece has a deficit of 11% with germany having a deficit of 5.4%. hence the need for drastic measures in britain. >> once in denmark in the early 1980's. >> one key question now is whether these measures will be enough to deliver the savings required. there are economic uncertainties as well. will growth be damaged? will the public workers be out of a job? the verdict may not be clear before then. >> full details on our web site. the french president has...
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>> britain makes bobby cutts in its armed forces, trying to create an -- make some big cuts to its armed forces, trying to create a military they can afford. outbreaks of violence in france as millions protest against pension reforms. insurgencies ireturn. welcome to bbc news. coming up later, the saudi prince found guilty of murder. he killed his servant in a london hotel. sir alex ferguson returns -- confirms that the other wants to leave the club. the british prime minister has unveiled big cuts in the armed forces, but he says the country will be better prepared to face threats. david cameron insists britain will remain a top military power, and the pentagon is saying the u.s. is pleased the u.k. intends to maintain its role as the fourth largest military. >> the royal navy's flagship is heading out in a major upheaval of armed services. other capabilities will go like new surveillance planes, but the government says britain will stay above nato cost defense spending target. >> this is not simply a cost saving exercise to get to grips with the worst budget crisis in postwar history.
>> britain makes bobby cutts in its armed forces, trying to create an -- make some big cuts to its armed forces, trying to create a military they can afford. outbreaks of violence in france as millions protest against pension reforms. insurgencies ireturn. welcome to bbc news. coming up later, the saudi prince found guilty of murder. he killed his servant in a london hotel. sir alex ferguson returns -- confirms that the other wants to leave the club. the british prime minister has...
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in great britain, 3000 turned out for a rally in london protesting david cameron's cutts. it is a different world. in paris, protesters blocked traffic. police fired tear gas at students who threw missiles. other places burned cars. thousands marched from the old port chanting get your weapons. at the airport, hundreds of flights were canceled. one fit of the gas stations have been closed and trained stations have been closed. one leader sum up the mood of the militancy. >> the government refused to listen so we will paralyze the country. >> in contrast in london, the audience of public service workers were told they were facing unprecedented cuts and prepare for a political campaign. even union leaders except they are not mobilize like their comrades abroad. >> we are behind what is happening in france. you have to realize we live in the most draconian legislation in this world. unless they are going to -- we have to give the names of the people. [unintelligible] that does not help and anywhere else in europe. -- that does not happen anywhere else. >> unions here weakened
in great britain, 3000 turned out for a rally in london protesting david cameron's cutts. it is a different world. in paris, protesters blocked traffic. police fired tear gas at students who threw missiles. other places burned cars. thousands marched from the old port chanting get your weapons. at the airport, hundreds of flights were canceled. one fit of the gas stations have been closed and trained stations have been closed. one leader sum up the mood of the militancy. >> the government...
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. >> this cutts to the heart, chancellor. >> the chancellor left the treasury promising not to cut overseas aid. months later he was saying he was determined to stick with plans to reduce the budget deficit. >> we have 109 billion pounds, the largest budget deficit in europe at a time when the whole world is concerned about high deficits and our economic stability depends on relaying those concerns. to abandon our plans now would be the road to economic ruins. we will stick to the course, we will secure our stability, we will not take great britain back to the brink of bankruptcy. >> george r. osborn announced $130 billion worth of cuts. half a million jobs will be lost and the bill for policing will be cut by 16%. he announced the state pension age would rise to 66, the welfare budget would be cut by $10 billion, and spending at the foreign office would be cut by 24%. >> some members say this is their ideological objectives. not all of them, but for many of them this is what they came in politics for. >> great britain is not alone in needing to cut its deficit. the unrest in greece underli
. >> this cutts to the heart, chancellor. >> the chancellor left the treasury promising not to cut overseas aid. months later he was saying he was determined to stick with plans to reduce the budget deficit. >> we have 109 billion pounds, the largest budget deficit in europe at a time when the whole world is concerned about high deficits and our economic stability depends on relaying those concerns. to abandon our plans now would be the road to economic ruins. we will stick to...
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in the federal government budget, let us please get after that first before we start talking about cutt ata atal -- cut entitlemen. >> chris: it may be a typical political question but that's where the money is. the money is in medicare and social security. we have baby-boomers coming. there be a huge explosion of entitlement explosion and you call it political question when i ask you to name one single entitlement you are willing to cut. >> chris, i believe to deal with entitlement reform, which we must deal with, we ought to put every possible solution on the table, except we should be very clear we are not going to cut benefits to those nearing retirement or those in retirement. having said all of that, for years and years, career politicians frankly at both parties have said oh, no, the only way to cut spending is to deal with entitlements. it's the political third rail. then they never get about the business of cutting out waste and inefficiency. >> chris: we have been talking about waste, fraud and inefficiency -- >> exactly. >> chris: for 30 years. it covered ronald reagan in 198
in the federal government budget, let us please get after that first before we start talking about cutt ata atal -- cut entitlemen. >> chris: it may be a typical political question but that's where the money is. the money is in medicare and social security. we have baby-boomers coming. there be a huge explosion of entitlement explosion and you call it political question when i ask you to name one single entitlement you are willing to cut. >> chris, i believe to deal with entitlement...
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and that cutts about seven minutes off the trip. the new trains are easy to spot. they're blue and orange and travel along the median of highway 87. >>> well, fastrak users can rest easier. a new law keeps the program from selling personal data of hundreds of thousands of drivers who use the fastrak system. those drivers will be mailed a copy of the fastrak privacy policy. >>> an experimental vaccine has been found to double the life of patients with brain cancer. glioblastoma usually claims the lives of its victims within a year of its diagnosis. patients on the vaccine went on average of 14 months before their disease progressed, compared with about six months for other patients. the next step of the research is to launch a study that compares patients on the vaccine with those on a placebo. >>> most of us have done it. we have dropped our cell phones in the sink or, worse, in the toilet. but thanks to some home remedies, getting your phone wet does not mean it is dead for good. first, you have to turn your phone off. to dry is, there are several reliable options
and that cutts about seven minutes off the trip. the new trains are easy to spot. they're blue and orange and travel along the median of highway 87. >>> well, fastrak users can rest easier. a new law keeps the program from selling personal data of hundreds of thousands of drivers who use the fastrak system. those drivers will be mailed a copy of the fastrak privacy policy. >>> an experimental vaccine has been found to double the life of patients with brain cancer. glioblastoma...